Buddy Guy's "Sweet Tea" was one of the rawest and most explosive blues albums I've ever heard. It's the kind of performance that leaves you thinking, "what the hell can he do next?" It's not surprising then that Guy has followed it with "Blues Singer", an acoustic collection (though some of it with a band) which pays tribute to Muddy Water's mid-sixties classic, "Folk Singer", on which Guy played.

Don't mistake "acoustic" for easy going, however - although jazzy solo pieces like "I Love The Life I Live" convey the essence of the word "cool." On Johnny Shine's "Moanin' and Groanin'", Guy's band (Tony Garnier, Jim Keltner, and Jimbo Mathus) dig their heels in and swagger into town with such authority that most electric combos would hide under the bar when they heard them coming.